The Fourth Outstanding Person of Huangpu Military Academy

Chen Tianheng: "Ye Ting himself knows the odds of success. As long as his communication with General Secretary Chen remains open, he will eventually agree to the southward route.

"Report! Commander-in-Chief Chiang's telegram!

Chen Tianheng grabbed the telegram.

"Since the day before yesterday, first the Communist Party students from the Whampoa Military Academy Wuhan Branch left without permission, and then Ye Ting coerced the 24th and 25th Divisions into surrendering to the Communist Party.

"Yesterday afternoon, Ye Ting's 25th Division opened fire on the Hunan 1st Division in Daye. In less than half a day, the division was completely defeated, and Ye Qi barely escaped with his life. I am deeply saddened by the division between the Party and the army, and the killing of fellow soldiers.

"This rebel army is coercing workers and peasants into threatening Wuhan. Our army must destroy it. However, the 25th Division is the elite of the Guangdong Army and the elite of our Whampoa Military Academy. I cannot bear to see Chiang Hsien-yüan and Chen Geng go astray. However, at this moment, you alone, Tianheng, can not only defeat the 25th Division on the battlefield, but also bring Chiang and Chen back to the right path."

"From now on, you will serve as deputy army commander and lead the First and Second Divisions as soon as possible from Nanjing to encircle and suppress the defecting Fourth Army under Ye Ting!"

Chen Tianheng:???

What's going on, Zhang Guotao? You didn't mention me.

Or maybe you were yelled at by a prison guard because you wanted something sweet after your tofu pudding in the morning?

"Ding Ding Ding"

"This is the First Division! Yes! Yes!!"

Chen Mingren handed over the receiver: "Teacher, the principal is calling!

Chen Tianheng: "The students are here!"

"Chen Tianheng, I believe you have seen the telegram from the headquarters.

Chen Tianheng: "Received. The First Division can dispatch its first batch of troops within 24 hours, and all personnel can leave Nanjing within 48 hours. As for the Second Division, our staff has already gone there to deploy the plan, and the first batch of troops can also depart within 24 hours.

"Ye Ting's rebels must be eliminated. However, forcing them to surrender is the best option. Ye Ting and the three regimental commanders, Zhou, Jiang, and Chen, should also be brought back. I want to have a good talk with the four of them."

"Yes, Principal," Chen Tianheng said, "However, after the students caught up with the 25th Division, they wanted to have a contest with the 25th Division. Don't worry, they will stop when the time is right. They just want to determine the winner and will not kill them.

In Shanghai, Chiang Kai-shek almost laughed out loud when he heard Chen Tianheng's words: "Well. Good.

Putting down the receiver, Chiang Kai-shek pointed at the phone and said, "This Chen Tianheng is obsessed with martial arts and can't help himself.

Zhang Jingjiang, who was standing by, said: "Besides leading troops in battle, he actually had other interests."

"Jingjiang, is that matter settled?"

Zhang Jingjiang: "Yes, I said it's impossible for young people not to be interested in both men and women. I used some connections in some societies to get it done, but it's no problem. Chen Tianheng doesn't say it, but he actually likes Miss Ruan.

Zhang Jingjiang felt that this was the case. Although Chen Tianheng and Ruan Lingyu always had serious faces when talking, and they would forget about the third person when they started talking at length, but - you even knew that Ruan Lingyu was filming a movie that had not yet been released. What else could you say if not a deep fan?

"Jie Shi, my Central Construction Committee,

Zhang Jingjiang asked Chiang Kai-shek, "Shouldn't this also include rural development?"

Nanjing. Headquarters of the Second Division.

"I said, if we get Chen Lie to the divisional staff, things will get done much faster."

Xu Xiangqian was assigned to the Second Division to urge Liu Zhi to prepare a plan for the expedition. Chen Lie, a former staff officer of the Fourth Regiment of the Second Division and a member of the War Research Society, had been transferred to the divisional staff after the Battle of Jinpu Road and was now a key figure in coordinating the work of the two divisions.

Chen Lie: "Fast marches, fast preparations, fast combat. In short, the First Division's style can be summed up in one word: fast."

Xu Xiangqian: "In fact, it's not only fast, but also very tough and ruthless. Any less is enough. We must be fast this time because the 25th Division and part of the 24th Division have been unable to escape after the Huangshi-Daye battle.

"Look, the 11th Army is blocking the front. It's also a division of the old Fourth Army. Not only is there no boat on the Yangtze River now, but there are also gunboats on the river. The 25th Division must avoid the Yangtze River and stay more than 3 kilometers offshore. The 10th Army is setting out from Weining and is trying to copy the 25th Division's retreat route. He Jian's troops in the 35th Army are finishing their bandit suppression operations around Wuhan. Wait for them to gather their troops, gather their troops--

Chen Lie: "The 25th Division might fall into their hands, which is not in line with our Whampoa Military Academy's rules.

"Yes, yes, yes," Xu Xiangqian said, "The Huangpu issue can only be resolved by the Huangpu school army itself.

Chen Lie: "Okay! I'll work harder and make sure the 2nd Division and 4th Regiment can board the ship and depart tomorrow morning!"

Chapter 90, I, He Huzi, rebelled today!

"China Merchants Steam Navigation Company? I'm from the First Army.

"Yes, hello, sir."

Chen Tianheng: "The First Army's military deployment requires the rental of China Merchants Steam Navigation Company ships, both passenger and cargo."

"Okay, okay, the sir, the China Merchants Steam Navigation Company will definitely meet your request. However, the Anqing Fourth Army was mobilized a few days ago, renting many passenger and cargo ships. The cost of renting ships on the Yangtze River has increased significantly..."

Chen Tianheng: "Money is not a problem. The First Army needs the ship as soon as possible, preferably immediately at the Nanjing Xiaguan Wharf.

"That's all right, sir. How many boats would you like to take to Xiaguan Pier?"

Chen Tianheng: "All of them. I want all the ships of your China Merchants Steam Navigation Company on the Yangtze River from Wuhu to Shanghai.

Echeng County, Hubei Province (Ezhou opposite Huanggang).

叶挺的25师继在大冶基本歼灭35军湘1师之后，今天在鄂城又击溃国民革命军第10军29师。

The Hunan 1st Division only held out for half a day in the face of the "Iron Army", and the 29th Division only held out for less than a day.

The "mutiny" of the 25th Division caused by the detention of teachers and students from the Whampoa Military Academy once again made everyone see the terrifying offensive power of the "Iron Army".

"Commander, the 29th Division's ammunition and supplies are not on the battlefield. I'm afraid they are in Gedian behind us. We didn't capture much ammunition!

"I understand!"

Ye Ting's voice showed his unhappy mood. He simply responded without taking his eyes off the map.

On the map, the 29th Division's marker can now be removed, but the 3rd Hunan Division of the 35th Army, which had previously been positioned parallel to the 29th Division, has not been removed. According to reconnaissance reports, the 3rd Hunan Division proactively moved back from its defensive line upon learning that the 29th Division was under attack, and has now merged with the 11th Army's defensive line.

11军.…这可是第四军的兄弟部队。老四军的第10师、新建的26师都在第11军，现在都在叶挺所面对的新防线里，死死卡住25师通往武汉的道路。

Ye Ting dropped his pencil on the map. "Where are the 15,000 armed workers and peasants around Wuhan? Did He Jian just wipe them out?"

Zuo Quan: “I’m afraid so.

Ye Ting: "Then why are we attacking Wuhan?!"

Zuo Quan: "Commander, please consider the opinions of the Shanghai Central Committee!"

The letter from the Shanghai Central Military Commission had just arrived today, having caught up with the 25th Division. Chen Duxiu suggested that the 25th Division abandon its plan to attack Wuhan and retreat to Jiujiang first, then from Jiujiang into the mountainous area on the Hunan-Jiangxi border, where it would receive additional troops and food, and then advance southward.

But Ye Ting felt that the Central Military Commission hadn't fully explained what they were saying. What were the troops on the Hunan-Jiangxi border? Why were they able to advance southward after entering the Hunan-Jiangxi border?

"Report!? A letter from the Division's Electrical Affairs Department!"

Ye Ting: "Give it to me immediately!

After opening the letter, the Military Department officially notified Ye Ting to abandon the plan to capture Wuhan, retreat to Jiujiang, capture Nanchang, and then move south to occupy the Chaozhou and Shantou areas in eastern Guangdong, waiting for Soviet assistance.

Ye Ting: "I don't know how we can capture Nanchang, but at least the first two steps, Shanghai and Wuhan, are now aligned. Zuo Quan, order the entire army to break contact and retreat to Daye first!"

Nanjing.

The total amount of people and cargo that the First Army had to transport was four times the amount that Ye Ting had when he left the Fourth Army.

Because the divisions that set out from Nanjing were the 1st and 2nd Divisions, fully equipped with supplies and ammunition, but when Ye Ting left, he only took 7,000 people from the 25th Division and some officers and soldiers from the 24th Division, a total of about 10,000 people.

尽管搜集了所有能搜集到的船，第一军的此次讨逆或者说剿共作战仍然要分两批运输。第一批运送1师1团、2师4、5团、两个师的炮兵、半数辎重，第二批运送1师2、誰3团、2师6团和其他辎重。

"I heard that after the unification of North and South, the Seventh Army will be stationed in Beijing and Tianjin, the First Division in Shanghai, and the Second Division in Nanjing?"

At the dock, Liu Zhi asked Chen Tianheng.

"I've heard that too, so, Lao Liu, after this battle, you should become the landlord of Nanjing."

Liu Zhi: "As long as we're not stationed in Hangzhou, it's fine. Salted duck is a far better dish than vinegar fish."

Liu Zhi and Hu Zongnan boarded the ship, and the inland passenger ship of nearly a thousand tons left the Xiaguan Wharf and headed upstream.

Liu Zhi, who was in high spirits, even appeared on the side of the ship and waved to the Nanjing people who were seeing him off at the dock.

At the dock, Chen Tianheng and Chen Mingren looked at each other meaningfully, and walked towards the passenger ship parked at the next berth with several other members of the First Army's temporary command.

Daye.

“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh—”

"Boom" "Boom" "Boom" "Boom"

第10军28师的炮弹落在25师73团的进攻队形中。意识到28师的炮兵已找准了参数，在集火拦射自己的进攻路线，周士第大喊:“第一营!撤出战斗!

The 10th Army, formed from the split and expansion of Tang Shengzhi's 8th Hunan Army, was generally well-equipped. The 28th Division's mountain artillery battalion was equipped with a recoil-type mountain gun. However, it was also a 75mm caliber, loaded with smokeless powder, meaning it had a slower rate of fire, but the shells were as powerful as other 75mm mountain guns.

第10军的29师前日被叶挺击溃，28师和30师却从咸宁插入战场，比后退的25师提前半天抵达大冶-黄石。这是要包抄25师后路、形成包围圈的节奏。

Ye Ting: "Jiang Xianyun!"

"arrive!

Ye Ting: "You take the 75th Regiment and the 73rd Regiment to expand the attack area and break through the 28th Division's position. We must pass through Tieshan District today!"

Wang Tianpei, commander of the 10th Army, was also in Daye-Huangshi.

Although Wang Tianpei was not good at fighting, fortunately he knew that the combat effectiveness of himself and the 10th Army was limited, so he ordered the 28th and 30th Divisions to rely on the high ground in Tieshan District to hold on, and set up multiple lines of defense and fight while retreating. Anyway, as long as the Tieshan District was not penetrated, Daye City would be defended.

Shortly after the engagement, the 25th Division launched a second charge, breaching the three hilltop defenses Wang Tianpei had deployed on the front line. The 28th Division lost a regiment. Wang Tianpei gritted his teeth and ordered the 28th Division's troops on the second line of defense not to retreat. He immediately reinforced them with a regiment from the 30th Division. Meanwhile, the 10th Army's supervisory team arrived at the second line of defense to maintain morale.

With the 10th Army's all-out defense, the 25th Division actually held its first attack on the second line of defense.

"Staff Officer!" Wang Tianpei shouted, "Didn't the headquarters say that reinforcements were coming to help us?"

"Almost there! Almost there! Commander, their vanguard has arrived in Daye City!"

The vanguard of the reinforcements consisted of a dozen horses, which were reconnaissance troops of the 15th Independent Division.

ride.

Outside Daye County, the officer leading the scout cavalry shouted:

"Our Division Commander He, Marshal He, will be here soon! Won't your army's Commander Wang come out to greet them?"

Ten minutes later, Wang Tianpei came out of the command center in Daye City to greet them with a smile on his face.

I am the army commander, and the 15th Independent Division that came to reinforce is just a division...

However, it was difficult for his two divisions to hold off Ye Ting's 25th Division, so he had to request another division for reinforcement... so he decided to go out and meet them.

He Long followed the vanguard, the 1st Battalion of the 15th Independent Division. Seeing the welcoming crowd outside Daye City, He Long galloped to the front of the crowd and jumped off

Wang Tianpei: "Commander He, welcome.

"Commander Wang, hahahaha, I've heard so much about you. How could you be so kind as to welcome me?"

He Long stepped forward, reached out and shook Wang Tianpei's hand, shook it twice, and suddenly exerted force. Wang Tianpei looked again and saw that He Long was not only holding his right hand with his right hand, but he had already pulled out a Browning pistol with his left hand and pointed it at him.

On the afternoon of April 13, Ye Ting retook Daye.

He Long's 15th Independent Division, originally sent to reinforce Daye, revolted and quickly seized Daye County. The five regiments of the 10th Army were basically in Tieshan District, north of the county. With He Long's rebellion, the 10th Army was caught in a pincer attack from the north and south by the 15th Independent Division and the 25th Division. It collapsed before nightfall.

Ye Ting: "Commander He, it turns out that you have been admitted as a Party member.

He Long: "No, no, no, I wasn't recruited. I did apply to join the Party, but the Communist Party representative in the 15th Independent Division said I was a warlord and didn't want me. Later, the Party Central Committee asked all Party representatives in the army to ask for leave, so they all submitted their notes and left. Wang Jingwei's Wuhan government and Chiang Kai-shek's Shanghai government were both bullying the workers and peasants, and you, the Communist Party, are submitting a note of leave to express your protest. I just can't stand it, so I'm rebelling today!"

Nanjing.

Chiang Kai-shek was in Nanjing, where he was establishing a new Nationalist government and the KMT Central Committee. He asked all KMT Central Committee members and high-ranking officials willing to side with him to report to Nanjing. If they delayed reporting, Chiang Kai-shek would choose someone else to fill the position.

Including Wang Jingwei, if Wang Jingwei did not stand on the side of Chiang Kai-shek, then Hu Hanmin would also be the substitute for the position of Chairman of the National Government.

At the Nanjing Radio Station, Li Liejun, a famous general of the Xinhai Revolution and the Protection of the Constitution, a standing member of the National Government and a standing member of the Military Commission, was reading out a purge order.

After getting used to having a black microphone next to his lips, Li Liejun in the broadcasting room picked up the speech draft of the Party Purge Order, which was actually drafted by Chiang Kai-shek:

"The Communist Party has seized control of the Central Committee and sabotaged the progress of the National Revolution. For several months now, it has committed rampant brutality, betrayed the Party and the country, and committed countless crimes. Recently, it has implemented a traitorous diplomacy, sacrificing national sovereignty. Furthermore, it has spread its minions far and wide, poisoning the people and bringing great terror to Hunan and Hubei provinces. The inherent virtues of our ancestors, on which our nation has been built for thousands of years, have been completely destroyed.

"To sum up what they have done, the disaster is worse than a flood or a beast; looking ahead, one cannot help but feel cold and at peace.

"The government, adhering to the teachings of the late Prime Minister, vows to do its utmost to realize the Three Principles of the People. If we are to build an independent and equal nation, we must first eradicate all counter-revolutionary forces...

He Long: "Li Liejun has also sided with Chiang Kai-shek. Ye Ting, did you fight with him back then?"

Ye Ting: "In the 9th year of the Republic of China, Premier Sun set up the headquarters and declared the Northern Expedition. Li Liejun was appointed Chief of Staff of the headquarters. At that time, I was the battalion commander of the Guangdong Army of the Republic of China. I fought in the Battle of Huangpijing.

He Long counted on his fingers: "Battalion, regiment, brigade, division, army, chief of the general staff, five levels higher than you."

Ye Ting: "Being five levels higher doesn't mean anything. He has his own way and I have mine.

"Announcement from the National Revolutionary Army Headquarters.

Ye Ting's troops in the 25th Division of the Fourth Army are plotting rebellion, attacking the 10th and 35th Armies of the National Revolutionary Army and wreaking havoc in Daye and Ezhou. Commander-in-Chief Chiang Kai-shek has issued a military order, ordering the First Army to enter Hubei to quell Ye Ting's rebellion. Yesterday, the First and Second Revolutionary Sword Divisions departed...

This telegram sent to Daye was of great significance. Ye Ting's eyes widened when he saw it:

"Commander He! The situation has changed!"